MASON-DIXON® MISSISSIPPI POLL

APRIL 2018 – PART II

Polling in Mississippi since 1987

FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

© Copyright 2018

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 HOOD STILL HOLDING EARLY LEAD OVER REEVES FOR 2019

Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood continues to hold a slight lead over
Republican Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves in a potential 2019 election match-
up for governor. Statewide, 44% of voters currently support Hood, while 39%
back Reeves and 17% are undecided.

2019 GOVERNOR'S RACE

17%
44% HOOD
REEVES
UNDECIDED
39%

This is similar to the advantage Hood had over Reeves in December.

2019 GOVERNOR VOTE HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

December 2017 43% 37% 20%

April 2018 44% 39% 17%

Hood runs strong among women (49%-37%), with black voters (84%-4%), those
under the age of 50 (45%-36%) and those who identify as Democrats (82%-7%).
He also leads among Independents (41%-33%).

Reeves is ahead with men (41%-38%), whites (57%-24%), and Republicans (71%-
12%).

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 STATEWIDE NAME RECOGNITION

Do you recognize the name ________?

(IF YES) Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of ________?

RECOGNIZE RECOGNIZE RECOGNIZE DON'T

FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE NEUTRAL RECOGNIZE

Jim Hood 39% 11% 37% 13%

Tate Reeves 29% 13% 38% 20%

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QUESTION: If the 2019 general election for governor were held today, for whom
would you vote if the candidates were Jim Hood, the Democrat and Tate
Reeves, the Republican?

HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

STATE 44% 39% 17%

REGION HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

Northern Mississippi 39% 44% 17%

The Delta 66% 14% 20%
Eastern Mississippi 39% 46% 15%
Jackson Metro 47% 38% 15%
Southern Mississippi 37% 46% 17%
Gulf Coast 35% 46% 19%

SEX HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

Men 38% 41% 21%

Women 49% 37% 14%

AGE HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

<50 45% 36% 19%

50+ 43% 41% 16%

RACE HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

White 24% 57% 19%

Black 84% 4% 12%

PARTY IDENTIFICATION HOOD REEVES UNDECIDED

Democrat 82% 7% 11%

Republican 12% 71% 17%
Independent 41% 33% 26%

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 HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED

This poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. of Jacksonville,
Florida from April 12 through April 14, 2018. A total of 625 registered
Mississippi voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All said they vote
regularly in state elections.

Those interviewed were randomly selected from a phone-matched Mississippi

voter registration list that included both land-line and cell phone numbers.
Quotas were assigned to reflect voter registration by county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians,

is no more than ± 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent
probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if all voters were
surveyed. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a gender or
age grouping.

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 DEMOGRAPHICS

PARTY IDENTIFICATION:

Democrat 220 (35%)

Republican 251 (40%)
Independent or Other 154 (25%)

AGE: 18-34 104 (17%)

35-49 178 (28%)
50-64 182 (29%)
65+ 155 (25%)
Refused 6 (1%)

RACE: White/Caucasian 405 (65%)

Black/African American 208 (33%)
Other/Refused 12 (2%)

SEX: Male 298 (48%)

Female 327 (52%)

REGION: Northern Mississippi 130 (21%)

The Delta 80 (13%)
Eastern Mississippi 100 (16%)
Jackson Metro 120 (19%)
Southern Mississippi 100 (16%)
Gulf Coast 95 (15%)

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 MISSISSIPPI POLL REGIONS

NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI: Voters in DeSoto, Marshall, Yalobusha, Lafayette,

Calhoun, Pontotoc, Chickasaw, Monroe, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Union,
Benton, Tippah, Alcorn and Tishomingo counties.

THE DELTA: Voters in Tate, Panola, Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman, Bolivar,

Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Leflore, Grenada, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys,
Washington, Sharkey, Yazoo, Issaquena and Warren counties.

EASTERN MISSISSIPPI: Voters in Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Choctaw,

Webster, Montgomery, Attala, Leake, Scott, Smith, Jasper, Clark, Newton,
Lauderdale, Neshoba, Kemper, Winston and Noxubee counties.

JACKSON METRO: Voters in Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Copiah and Simpson

counties.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: Voters in Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, Wilkinson,

Franklin, Amite, Lincoln, Pike, Lawrence, Walthall, Jefferson Davis, Marion,
Covington, Jones, Wayne, Lamar, Forrest, Perry, Greene, George, Pearl River
and Stone counties.

GULF COAST: Voters in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties.

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